Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, colder tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperatures—Highest, 71, at 3:30 pm. sterday; lowest, 48, at 6:45 am. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news today. service. Full report on page 9. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION (@) WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929_-FORTY-TWO PAGES. %5000 SUGAR FUND) 10 FIGHT TARIFF 1S BARED AT INQUIRY ernerdny’s Circulation, 110,252 TWO EENTS. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 4 ¢ Foening Star. ¥ ed_as second cla office, Washington, LONE PILOT UNSEEN SINCE TAKE-OFF AT HARBOR GRACE FOR (/P) Means Acsociated Press. 31 Enter D ALLEN AND DOYLE FACE TRIAL ON WEDNESDAY; SUSPENDED BY PRATT == = | | | | LONDON YESTERDAY Urban F. Diteman, Jr., Due to| Reach England Early Thisi Afternoon if Daring Flight! Is Successful. MITE PLANE REGARDED SMALL FOR OCEAN H?P Aviator Chose Northern Route, but | Is Not Following Usual Ship Lanes—No Apprehension Felt, Since Fuel Supply Is Believed to Be Ample. By the Associated Press. Twenty-four hours after taking off from Harbor Gace, Ne foundland, on an unannounced | solo hop across the North Atlantic for London nothing had been seen or heard of Urban F. Diteman, jr.. and his plane, the Golden Hind. Stepping casually into his little low-winged monoplane yesterday at 10:45 am. Eastern standard time, the Montana cattleman, who had been flying but two years and a half, headed his plane out into a clear Atlantic sky. Probably it was more casually than Sir Francis Drake, with whom he claimed re- | lationship, ever started out in his Golden Hind of the seas on an exploring expedition. Unapprised of weather condi- tions, except those over New- foundland, Diteman luckily picked one of the best flying days that late October could offer. He had 165 gallons of gasoline aboard, which he said meant, con- servatively, 25 hours of flying time, but with favorable winds flying men estimated his gas would prob- ably carry him a few hours be- yond that time. All along the Irish ard English coasts & sharp lookout was being kepr, but there was no sign of the plane. He was probably north of the regular shipping lanes agd there were few ves- sels in his pat so the fact that he had not been sighted en route caused little fear. His small plare, believed to be the smallest in which 'any man has darea the ocean crossing, would be but a speck in an infinite expanse of sky and sighting from a ship would be a matter of rarest luck, Latest weather reports received by the weather department of the British air ministry indicated that Diteman was probably encountering_variable winds, but would be all right once he ap- proached the Irish coast. Following winds from the west cover & considerable part of his route, but elsewhere there was a strong north wind. An official at London said that if Diteman got into latitude 55 north he would probably find the upper air very cold. From longitude 30 to 25 west there is a pronounced low pressure trough, and in this area, from latitude 45 to 58 north, Diteman would probably have had bad weather with low-lying clouds. KEPT PLA! SECRET. Diteman Left Note Behind Telling Plans for Atlantic Flight. HARBOR GRAC , Newfoundland, Oc- tober 23 (#).—Urban F. Diteman, jr., 32 years old, a Montana cattleman, who traces his ancestry to Sir Francis Drake, English sea adventurer, was presumed to be far out over the Atlantic today on a solo flight from here to London. He took off at 12:45 p.m. (Eastern standard time) yesterday in a small Barling monoplane named the Golden Hind. after one of the ships command- ed by Sir Francis Drake. The plane carried 165 gallons of fuel. which Dite- man estimated was sufficient for 25 hours. The Golden Hind was last seen 10 minutes after the take off, when it was sighted heading out to sea over Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Due Wednesday Night. Airmen estimated between 25 and 30 hours would be required for the flight to London, is approximately 2,350 miles. That would make Diteman due in London, if he succeeds, late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning (London time). ~The water jump from Harbor Grace to Ireland is 1,800 miles, It was not known that Diteman planned to fly the Atlantic until after h~ was on his way. His destination was announced in a letter he left with the manager of the airport marked “Open after departure.” It read: “Am bound for London. “] have 165 U. §. standard gallons age 4, Column 3.) " (Continued on ARMY TRUCK CRASHES ON HARPERS FERRY HILL' Machine Skids, Burns, With Estimated Loss of $15,000. #pecial Dispatch to The Star. ! CRARLES TOWN, W. Va. October | 23.-One of a caravan of 50 Army irucks, carrying soldiers and supplies froi the 6th United States Artillery, at Camp Meade. Md.. to Virginia, was de- stroyed by fire late Monday night on Allstadt's hill, Harpers Ferry, with its cargo. Loss was estimated at $15.000. ve broke out after the truck had slipped on the hill and turned over | twice. Four soldiers were injured slightly, one being pinned beneath the wheel. Poincare Holding Own. FARIS, October 23 (#).—The condi- tion of former President Poincare ‘continues altogether satisfactory,” the movning _bulletin issued by his phy- eicians said today. M. Poincare is re- covering from operation from an ailment of the pelvis region. Turns Over and | L] ‘ | | | URBAN F. DITEMAN, JR. CONGRESS BLAMED FOR SCHOOL DELAY, Carusi, in Letter to Senator Capper, Deplores Insuffi- cient Appropriations. Addressing himself particularly to the question of sufficiency of appropriations | as a probable reason for delay in carry- | ing out the five-year school building act, and declaring that only $14,268,250 had been appropriated of the slightly more than $20,000,000 authorized, Dr. Charles | F. Carusi, Board of Education president, today informed Senator Capper of Kan- sas, chairman of the Senate District committee, that the primary reason for insufficient school building expenditures here is the failure of Congress itself to appropriate $4,000,000 annually for this purpose. At the same time Dr. Carusi contend- ed that more liberal appropriations for schools could have been made without jeopardy to the Federal Treasury or to the taxpayers of Washington, citing the large surplus to the credit of the Dis- trict now reposing in the Treasury. As to delay in using funds which have been appropriated as a further cause for the program delay, Dr. Ca- rusi referred the Senator to the District Commissioners, who, he pointed cut, are charged with the handling of funds and the construction of buildings. Dr. Carusi's statement was a reply to | Senator Capper's letter of September { 28. in which the latter asked for a com- plete statement of the status of the five-year school building program and reasons for the delay in carrying out provisions of the act. Carusi presented his reply in person to Senator Capper at_the Capitol. , The School Board president handea | to Senator Capper as a siatement of | the status of the building program the fifth_section of the annual report of | Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of | schools, in which Dr. Ballou cites each | item authorized by the building pro- | gram act and its present condition. The | summary of the superintendent’s state- | ment shows that accommodations for a total of 26,725 pupils were authorized by the act and that accommodations | for 6,975 children are yet unappropriat- | ed for. Scores Appropriation Failure, In a supplemental statement, Dr. | Carusi_points out that since the five- | year program act was passed, the school | 'board has asked at various times for | appropriations totaling $26,429,230 for | | building and ground items. Of this | grand total, Oarusi’s statement indi- | cates, only 18,534,130 worth of items were' submitted to the Bureau of the { Budget by the District Commissioners, and that of this total the Budget Bu- | reau in turn approved only $13,915,250. Congress, the statement continues, ac tually appropriated a toital of '$14,268, | 250 for the items authorized by the five: | year building program. “Whoever may be responsible for the failure to secure appropriations for carrying out the five-year school build- ing program act,” Dr. Carusi's state- ment to Senator Capper read, “all parties_concerned will be compelied to { agree, I think, that the primary reason is a failure to appropriate $4,000,000 { per_year for that purpose. The large | |surplus to the credit of the Districe | irdicates that a more liberal policy | | toward the public schools could have | been pursued without increasing the burden upon the Federal Government or_upon the taxpayers of Washington.” In his reply to Senator Capper, Dr. Carusi answered the queries of the { Senator _categorically and chronolog- ically. Informdtion as to the exact| status of the items in the five-year building program, he advised the Sen- : |$24,000 SPENT THROUGH | Connecticut Manufacturers’ | had agreed to spend about $95,000 in :President of Cuba Company | Tells Senators of Scope of Group’s Lobby. BUREAU IN WASHINGTON Acts Are Discussed at Opening of Probe Session. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The ramifications of the sugar lobby in Weshington, seeking to keep down the duty on sugar, were inquired into today by the Senate lobby committee. H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba Co., & $175,000,000 concern, told the committee that his company and other sugar interests in Cuba and importers the campaign here during considera- tion of the tariff bill. Mr, Lakin said, in answer to a ques- tion by Chairman Caraway of the com- mittee, that the interests he repre- sented had carried on extensive propa- ganda work, and that they had under- | taken this work for the first time dur- ing the last year. He said that about | $24,000 had been expended through a publicity bureau in Washington, con- ducted under the charge of Mrs. Gladys Moon Jones, Represents 90 Per Cent. Mr. Lakin said that he had been re- quested to become the spokesman for the Cuban sugar producers and that he had represented 90 per cent of the people who make sugar in Cuba. He said that the Cuban government had been much disturbed by reports that the sugar duty was to be increased. The president of the American Cham- ber of Commerce in Cuba had told him, he said, that the Cuban government was anxious to have Mr. Lakin present the case of the Cuban sugar growers. Mr. Lakin said that he did not feel that he should refuse, for his company al- ways had been on the best of relations with the Cuban government. The witness said that the work in ‘Washington was entirely outside of his | line _when Chairman Caraway asked | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) THREE ARE KLED N TRAN GRASH Two Gaithersburg and One Rockville Man Lose Lives in Collision. ‘Three section hands were killed early ! today and four injured, one perhaps| fatally, when a heavy freight engine| ploughed through their work car on the B. & O. tracks at Rockville. The dead are: Millard Mobley, 20, Gaithersburg, Md. Marion Selby, 25, Gaithersburg, Md. ‘Thomas Poole, 22, Rockville, Md. Mobley died almost instantly, caught | in the wreckage from which the others were catapulted. His mangled body was extricated after the locomotive was halted some 600 feet from the point of | collision. . Poole expired en route to Emergency | Hospital in Washington. His skull was broken and there were internal injuries. Gaithersburg Man May Die. Selby died in the Washington hos- | pital a few hours after his arrival. He had sustained a fractured skull. Willlam Thompson, 25, Gaithersburg, may die of a fractured skull, internal hurts and shock. He is at Emergency Hospital. The men had just placed their gas- oline car on the rails of the main| rack, preparatory to leaving for scene | f a minor derailment near Georgetown | unction. ! The locomotive, backing down the | track to relieve a “dead” engine be- | tween Rockville and Georgetown, came upon the section crew from behind. The victims were caught unawares, partly because their rear vision was obscured by a curve and partly be- cause they were looking ahead for clearance. Railroad men said the traci | on which they were east bound cus- tomarily handied traffic in the oppositc direction. It was pointed out, however, that emergency relief trains usually are routed in that manner. Hold Inquest Tomorrow. An inquest to fix the blame will be held at 10 o'clcck tomorrow morning in+Rockville by Justice of the Peace John Jones. Meanwhile. railway officials were questioning the_locomotive crew—L. E. { (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ( Continued on Page 11, Column 2.) THAN THE MAN {Hero of This Story Catches Bullet With His Teeth, Losing Three, bu By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 23.—Ben Fried- man was shot in the face, lost three teeth, swallowed the bullet, and didn’t even suffer indigestion. Things like that happen, but are hard to believe. Friedman, however, had evi- dence. The teeth were gone, the bullet was in his stomach. Iroquois Hospital physicians found it. Friedman, 42 years old, was stepping out of & West Madison seet restaurant THEY COME TOUGHER IN CHICAGO)| WHO BITES NAILS t Swallows Pellet. last night. A man rushed at him, ed a pistol into Friedman's fas pulled the trigger. Then the fellow ran away and never did get caught. Friedman yelled, the ambulance ar- rived, he was taken to the hospital. Doctors M,‘In looking * for the bullet and finally found it in Friedman’s stom- ach. The bullet had taken three teeth from Friedman’s lower jaw and then, its force spent, had gone harmlessiy— the doctors said- the Friedman esophagus, when Priedman, quite natur- ally in view of everything, gulped. push- ang PRESIDENT NEARING END OF RIVER VISIT Flotilla Passes Many Historic| Points on Way to Louis- ville for Address. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT HOOVER'S | FLOTILLA, Ohio River, October 23.— | President Hoover today is enjoying the sights along the Ohio River, rich in legends and romance of the early river | history of America, as the U. 8. S. Greenbriar, bearing him and his party to Louisville, Ky., moves smoothly over | this broad waterway. | It is a picturesque scene as the river | winds its way through what is known as the Ohio Valley. Any number of in-| teresting and historic spots along the | way have been pointed out to the Ex- ecutive. Among these were little settle- ments, some of them rich in frontier history and which figured prominently in the romantic days of water travel generations ago. Ever since embarking yesterday after- noon at Cincinnati, in Wwhich city Mr. Hoover received a tremendous ovation during his brief visit for the purpose of making an address incident to the ceremonies commemorating the comple- tion of the 9-foot channel from Pitts- burgh to the Mississippi River at Cairo, he has manifested a keen interest in this transformed waterway. He had made it apparent that he wanted to miss nothing of interest. Therefore, much of his time has been spent out on the upper deck of his steamer, despite the .stormy weather, or seated near a window inside. He has been keenly in- terested in the various locks of the wa- terway and asked many questions as his boat was passing through them. He scanned things with the eye of an engineer. President Appears Rested. The President appeared rested and refreshed today after a good sound sleep in a bed, after two nights aboard a train and after two days which unques- tionably taxed his strength. He re- tired early last night and was up today before 7 o'clock. All the members of his party also arose early and everybody had finished breakfast and was ready for the reception at Madison, Ind., one of the most picturesque and historic towns along the Ohio, where the Presi- dent was formally welcomed to this part of the valley by Gov. Leslie of In- diana. Virtually the entire populace of this river town, as well as many per- sons from the outlying country, were lined along the levee and the public landing to pay tribute. Gov. Leslie and the local authorities came aboard to extend greetings. and the demonstra- tion was a highly impressive and en- thusiastic one. Madison is proud of the prominent lace it occupied in the river activity before the railroads came and the river life and business slumped. It was a promising metropolis in the days of the river packets and great things were destined for it until all was changed by the coming of the “iron horse,” with its cheaper shipping rates and quicker de- liveries. But Madison has clung to life during all these years, happy in its past and apparently content with the seren- Page 10, Column 2.) POWER COMPANY FIGHTS LAVARRE Suit Asks $2,500,000 Damages From Corporation in News- paper Deal. pl (Continued on By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 23.—At- torneys for the International Paper Co. and International Paper & Power Co. will contest before Federal Judge J. Lyles Glenn here today a suit of Wil- liam Lavarre for $2,500,000 damages. The International contends that serv- ice on such a complaint in South Caro- lina is improper, alleging the defend- ants own no property in the State. Lavarre avers that he had planned to purchase additional newspapers in the Southeast with money to be advanced by the International, byt that the de- fendants refused to le&nm have more than $870,000. As a ¥sult, he claims, his aims and ambitions were balked. He also seeks to prevent the’ International irom collecting the $870,000, upon which they hold his demand note, for a period of two years. They agreed to loan him $2,000,000 for this period, he claims. Lavarre, with Harold Hall, operated the Columbia Record, Spartanbur; (8. C.) Herald, Spartanburg Journal and Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. Radio Progrefis—Page 27 WILBUR WILLIAM HAND, Convicted as a bank bandit in Ohio, who made his getaway from the fifth precinct station house this morning, SHIPS BATTERED INLAKE STORMS Three Vessels Ashore as High Winds and Snow Sweep Inland States. | By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 23.—At least three steamers were driven ashore and many | were forced to seek shelter, while others battled their way through the heavy seas, accompanied by rain and snow and sleet that swept the Great Lakes yesfer- day and continued today. Two vessels were ashore off Leaming- ton, Ontario, Lake Erle; a third was aground in Lake Huron and another was reported adrift in Lake Superior. The ships in distress off Leamington are the N. J. Nesson, & wooden vessel 140 feet long, built in 1880, and the steel sand sucker C. W. Cadwell, 152 feet long. In Lake Huron, off Magnetic Reef, the freighter Maple Court, of the Canada Steamship lines. is ashore and recciving a hard pounding. Ship Badly Battered. The Nesson, owned in Detroit and commanded by Capt. B. A. Benson of Marine City, Mich.,, was used to carry scrap iron from Detroit to Cleveland. It was being badly battered this morn- ing about 150 yards off shore from Leamington, and with waves hurling high over its deck it was believed to be in imminent danger of breaking up. The Nesson carried a crew of 14, went aground at 9:30 last night. The Cadwell, owned by the Ontario Gravel & Freighting Co., Ltd., of Wind- sor, went aground this morning 5 miles east of Leamington. Although the waves were lashing the Cadwell's steel sides, it was not believed to be in im- mediate danger. The Cadwell, used for hauling_sand and gravel, was built in 1911, It carried a crew of 16 or 17 men. So heavy was the sea about Leam- | | a boat from the Nesson. Good and Bad Habits Discriminating people of every walk of life in Wash- ington read The Star regu- larly. It is a habit, and a mighty good habit. ‘The public confidence be- hind The Star is the great- est force in Washington. The good will of the people is The Star's greatest asset. The delivery service of the regular edition every eve- ning and Sunday morning has been perfected to serve The Star’s vast army of readers. If the paper is not being left regularly at your door, telephone National 5000 and delivery will start immedi- ately. 60c per month (65c when five Sundays in a month). It | thorities. Hand gave the name of Wil- | ington that it was impossible to launch | BANDIT ESCAPES oTH PRECINCT CELL Maj. Pratt Orders Probe of Mysterious Circumstances Surrounding Break. Wilbur William Hand, convicted as a member of a gang of five desperate ban- dits who robbed the Commercial Sav- ings Bank of Galion, Ohio, of $175,000, escaped early this morning from a cell in the station house of the fifth police precinct here, where he was being held for the Ohio authorities, under mysteri- cus circumstances, which ca'sed Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- lice, to order Inspector Albert J. Head- ley to make an immediate investiga- tion. Hand had been picked up here on a lookout after disappearing from Ohio while out on bond. Hand’s escape was discovered by Po- liceman XLouis- A. Craig about 5:30 o'clock. The steel door of his cell was open and so was the steel door of the cellroom. To escape the prisoner had to pass through both of these doors. Twenty minutes earlier, according to the police, the cellroom door was tried and found to be locked. No Evidence of Tampering. ‘There was no evidence of either lock having been tampered with. How the two doors could have been unlocked without a key Capt. W. E. Sanford and Lieut. R. H. Mansfleld of the fifth pre- cinct, after a preliminary investigation, declared they were unable to under- stand. ‘The prisoner’s brother, A. J. Hand of Toledo, Ohio, came to Washington to see him last week and is understood to have taken his effects away from the station house after talking with him in the cell room. Sheriff Geol ford County, Ohio, and George Moody, captain of police of Galion, arrived ;\leredthh mom{lnc a few hours after and’s escape for the pus of tak- ing him back to Ohio. psm Daven- Ron sald that the prisoner's brother ad been indicted for complicity in the bank holdup and tried twice, the jury {ll;:}n( to agree upon a verdict each e. ‘The escaped prisoner, who is a mild- marnered man of 35, was convicted in Crawford County of complicity in the robbery and sentenced to serve from 12 to 25 years in the Ohio State | Penitentiary. He appealed and was ouc | on $25,000 bond when he disappeared. Disappeared 18 Months Ago. The Commercial Savings Bank of Galion was robbed June 28, 1927, the bandits stealing $175,000 in cash and bonds. Wilbur William Hand was ai- rested along with Harry Zillick. Botn | were convicted and zillick is row in the Ohio Penitentiary. having lost an appeal to a higher court. peared about 18 months ago while his appeal was pending. Policeman Paul E. Ambrose of the | ner of Eighth and E streets about two weeks ago, recognizing him from a po- lice circular sent out by the Ohio au- liam James Hennessy and his address as Baltimore. By finger prints he was identified as Hand. From the first pre- cinct he was transferred to the fifth precinct. One of the things that Maj. Pratt asked Inspector Headley to find out in his investigation is why Hand was held |f0 long in a station-house cell in- stead of a fugitive warrant being issued and the prisoner being held at the Dis- trict Jail for the Ohio police. In the police circular Hand is de- seribed as a dangerous man, who car- ries a pistol in his inside coat pocket and will shoot to kill. He is said to have declared that he would “rather " (Continued on Pe Column 8.) Davenport of Craw- | Hand disap- | first precinct arrested Hand at the cor- | ‘Must Answer Charge of Conduct Prejudicial to Reputation and Discipline of Force. 'SENATORS COME TO DEFENSE OF SUSPENDED POLICEMEN Blease Excoriates Superintendent. . Overman Joins in Praise of Accused Officers. Policeman Robert J. Allen of the eighth precinet and Capt. Robert E. Doyle, his commanding officer, who defended him against what he believed to be “petty animosities” of the police department, will be ordered before the Police Trial Board, probably next Wednes- day, to answer the general charge of conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the force, it was announced today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent. The two officers were officially relieved from active duty at 8 o’clock this morning in obedience to an order of Maj. Pratt directing their suspension without pay pending trial. The action of Maj. Pratt was approved by the Board of District Commissioners, after a course of events rare in the history of the police department. Formal charges on which Doyle and Allen are to be tried are being framed today by Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the Police Department, and Stanley H. DeNeale, assistant corporation coun- sel and trial board prosecutor. Maj. Pratt sald the charges would be served on the two officers in time to order their appearance before the police disciplinary board at its regular session next Wed- nesday. Charges Based on Letter. ‘The charges are to be based entirely on Allen’s deflant letter of explanation for his statement that he proposed to investigate the United States attorney's office for the District for failure to prosecute Willlam L. Moffatt, an invest- ‘ment broker, indicted in February, 1928, and arrested last week on a new charge, and Capt. Doyle’s official report sustain- ing the policeman in his criticism—con- duct which Maj. Pratt contends consti- tuted “insubordination” detrimental to the discipline and morale of the Police Department. The penalty prescribed for insubordi- nation in the police manual ran from a warning to dismissal from the force with a reprimand, fine or demotion as the intermediary courses. The severity of the penalty is left subject, however, to review and modification by the Com- missioners. ‘The police trial board, composed of Inspector Louis J. Stoll, Capt, William G. Stott of the third precinct, and Capt. ©O. T. Davis of the second precinct, will hear the charges against Doyle and Allen, unless the accused officers ob- Ject. In that event Maj. Pratt said he would change the personnel, al he has no intention now of creating a special tribunal. Allen’s appearance before the trial board will not be a new experience for him, but for Capt. Doyle it will mark the first time since he was a “rookie,” “pounding the bricks,” back in 1883, that a uu&eflm’ officer has cited him for disciplinary action. long career in the departms Doy! has been cited before the trial board but twice for minor infractions of police rules. The first time was in 1892, when he was fined $5. The trivial charge against him the following year was issed. While the general charge against Doyle and Allen will be “conduct preju- dicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the force,” Maj. Pratt said he had not definitely decided the nature of the specifications to be included. Violation of a section of the police manual which holds an officer is in- subordinate for “showing disrespect to a superior officer or other persons by violent, coarse or insolent language or behavior” is one the police superintend- n cpinion, the letter of Allen and the official report of Doyle was “insolent.” Leaves Post Quietly. Quietly and without ceremony Capt. Doyle left his post at the eighth p cinct promptly at 8 o'clock, presen his equipment to his successor, Lieuf Michael J. Ready, acting captain, and ideus Bean. m; Doyle informed a friend, “Lieut. said that he had never served under a (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) y_equipment.” Ready PRATT’S ACTION TOUCHES OFF DEBATE IN SENATE The suspension of Capt. Robert E. Detective Doyle and Policeman Robert J. Allen | Serst. touched oft a storm of debate in the i "Natcotic Inspe Senate today, in which, Senators Blease Sergt. Mansfield, Rakusin, Narcotic Sanders, Detective Narcotic 1nspector Inspector Fortner ctor McDonald.” This is the first mention that has of South Carolina, and Overman of | been made of witnesses, who might be North Carolina came to the defense of the suspended officers, while other Sena- | until Friday. ¢ | called by the Sackett subcommittee. : Chairman Sackett is out of the city * but it is expected that - tors were urging that the Sackett sub- | the developments of the past few days committee should be given a chance to conduct its investigation before these matters are aired on the Senate floor. Senator Blease characterized the sus- | | will be brought to his attention as - soon as he returns. - Displays Package of Opium. Another feature of the debate in the - Senate came when Senator Blease dis- - pension of Doyle and Allen as & “dirty | plaved to his colleagues 'a package cowardly, contemptible act.” and de- | clared Maj. Pratt is an “autocrat.” Senator King of Utah and Senator Walsh of Massachusetts objected to the trying of these various police upheavals on the Senate floor. They took the position that the District government as a whole is not bad and that the sub- committee appointed to investigate should be allowed to ascertain all the have developed recently and determinc where blame should be placed. Places Witnesses in Record. Another important development today was the action of Senator Blease in | placing in the Congressional Record as a part of his speech a list of 12 wit- | nesses who may be called for the | Sackett subcommittee when it begins hearings on the police situation general- ly. The list did not indicate in each case the particular matter regarding which the witness would testify, but, as inserted by Senator Blease, it follows: “Witnesses who either themselves re- quest to appear before the committee or were suggested by interested parties— Sergt. Minor Furr, No. 7 precinct; Pvt. | | Chairman Capper of the Senate District | committee said that conditions in Harry A. Reed, No. 7 precinct; Sergt. Bahner, first precinct. first man_to reach Scrifener’s body (referring to De- tective Sergt. Arthur Scrivener, who was found shot in an alley in George- town three years ago): Policeman Rol ert J. Allen, No. 8; Howe Totten, Ben dict Apartments, 1808 I street north- west; Sergt. Waldron, Sergt. Sweeney, By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, October 23.—Umberto, Prince of Piedmont, Italy's 25-year-old crown prince, arrived here today to ask King Albert for the uand of his 23-year-old daughter, Princess Marie Jose, in marriage, Formal sanction whl be given and announcement of the engagement made probably tomorrow. King Albert and his two sons, all in plain clothes, met the prince at tne railway station. A large number of Italians were on the platform and were introduced by the Italian Ami dor. Italians .waiting outside shouted “Long live xub g BELGIANS CHEER IT SEEKING HAND OF PRINCESS MARIE Umberto Greeted at Station by King Albert on Arrival for Betrothal Ceremony. ALIAN PRINCE ‘The prince and his suite are travel- }{ ing_incognito. ‘'oday was to be devoted to the betrothal ceremony, which will be cel- ebrated in the strict intimacy of the palace. ‘The prince, in civiliar clothes, wore a silk hat and a gray necktie similar to King Albert. He somewhat disap- Kolnud the thousands of women who ad difficulty in identifying the smiling young mar as the heir to the Italian throne. Nevertheless he was surrounded as he made his way through cheering crowds to a car waiting at the station, whence he was driven immediately to containing a quantity of what he sad he had been told was opium, purchased in Washington recently, which he re- quested be turned over by the secretary of the Senate to the Sackett subcom- mittee as tangible proof that dope is : being sold in Washington. While these developments were taking - place on the floor of the Senate, Sen- facts regarding the various cases that | ae of the District committee exprossed ber of the District committee expressed the belief in an interview that “ameng ~ the first suspensions should be the chief of police, not only suspension but re- * moval.” Senator Blaine said he did not know Capt. Doyle or Pvt. Allen and * that he was not passing upon the merits of that case, but felt that the general conditions now existing in the Police Department indicate lack of leadership. He said it was his belief that the local authorities should try to obtain from the United States as a whole the best man available and make him superintendent of police. He said it should be a man whose career and ability would insure discipline in the department. Before the Senate met this morning the Police Department appeared to be in a “n.ess,” but he refrained from com- menting personally on_the latest de- velgpments while the Sackett subcom- | mittee still has the entire police situa- tion before it. He said that undoubted- ly the subcommittee would go thor- aughly into the latest suspensions in the department along with the other matters before it as soon as Sackett returns to the city. Blease Comments on Order. ‘Taking the floor a few moments after the Senate met today, Senator Blease related how Maj. Pratt had written to Capt. Doyle, calling on the captain not only to report but to comment on the | conduct of Private Allen. “There was a direct command to Capt. Doyle from his superior officer,” Senator Blease declared. “Capt. Doyle, as I understand it. sat down and did just exactly what this man Pratt, this utocrat, demanded of him to do. when he does it, Pratt goes to Commissioners of the District_and mands of them that Capt. Doyle suspended from his position. < “In my opinion, Pratt is simply try- ing to discredit Allen's testimony and the testimony of one or two other men who are on the force, whom he hopes to intimidate and keep from telling the truth on the witness stand. “One of them has already been to me this morning and says that he has a wife and too many chils de- Laekan Palace. where Queen Elizabetu and Princess Marie Joje awaited him. 1 A e Wi